Naya looked in her textbook and proceeded to identify the frog parts. This was the easy part. Having to do it on the real and very dead frog was another story entirely. Then waaaay too soon, she had to go and get her frog. The professor handed one to her and Naya reluctantly accepted it. She went back to her work area and just stared at the poor dead creature. Then brave Chloe asked if they could write a report instead of dissecting the frog and the professor actually agreed. Naya was this close to taking him up on the offer and heading to the library. She really did not want to autopsy this frog.

After thinking about it for what seemed like a long time, Naya decided to at least give the dissection a try. It was going to take everything she had to get through this, but she was going to try. Tapping the frog with her wand, she said, “Conserve condio”. A sheen did appear on the frog and the muscles relaxed. Did the professor have to use the frozen meat, thawed meat comparison? That just grossed Naya out even more.

Carefully and respectfully, Naya turned the frog over. She couldn’t help but wince as she pinned the frogs extremities down. The next part was even worse. She just kept picturing the frog alive and hopping around. Now she was going to have to cut it open. Naya took deep breaths, probably a few too many. Before she started to hyperventilate, she took the scissors, found the cloaca and began to cut. Was it getting hot in the room? Naya was starting to feel awful. Hoping to get it over with quickly, she peeled back the skin and pinned everything down. Then she turned away from her frog. She would stay that way until they had to move on to the next step. Hopefully she could get herself together by then. Hopefully.